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    Tacos El Rey #2

    4.4 (73 reviews)
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    Bri P.

    Best Mexican food in town, and in Colorado!!! My search is over. I ordered the el pastor, carne asada, and birria tacos with guacamole. I also ordered a burrito, fries, and horchata to share with my husband. Everything was authentic and soooo yummy. The tortillas were prepared nicely and were soft. The meat was well seasoned, punch of flavors you expect and they do not skimp on sauce or portions. The staff here is also friendly. Fast service. There are plenty of seats and convenient parking which makes the space feel open and inviting. I will keep returning here for their amazing food!

    Shredded chicken flautas with a ácida sour cream rice and beans. Perfect.
    Marco G.

    The location is welcoming with plenty of seating. The service is attentive and friendly. I ordered the chicken flautas which we're perfectly crispy and full of juicy chicken. Plate Included rice and beans that were legitimately authentic. But the best was the barbacoa tacos. I ordered three tacos in corn tortilla with some onion cilantro and lime. I would definitely return.

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    1 month ago

    Excellent fast friendly service. Carnitas tacos great. Birria quesadillas fabulous! Affordable fast dinner option for us. Will go back.

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    5 months ago

    Very friendly service and accommodating to my dietary requirements. If it tastes as good as it smells I can't wait.

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    1 year ago

    Tasty food and presented well. Small seating area. Service great and polite , friendly staff

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    1 year ago

    Best street tacos around. Also the smothered burritos are amazing. Not much on atmosphere but the food is incredible.

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    2 years ago

    Amazing breakfast burritos! Also their mild/medium salsa is to die for. My husband and I will be making this one of our regular stops.

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    Love their tacos! We eat there every week. Their prices took a jump but still worth it! Our local goto Mexican restaurant.

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    3 years ago

    Not very good food. Not very good service you should save your money and go to tacos ay ay in Lafayette for a much better experience.

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    3 years ago

    Best smothered burrito in Colorado. The green chili ain't bad either. Give him a try.

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    6 years ago

    Best taco place around. No atmosphere but that's ok! My fave are the tacos. The chorizo is sooo good! Great value too!

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    6 years ago

    Great street tacos! I used to get these in Santa Barbra. Feels like home. Great service, good choices and friendly staff. I will be back!

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    6 years ago

    I got the breakfast burrito. So good and well priced. Moved here from California and this is the best one I have had in Colorado!

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    Ask the Community - Tacos El Rey #2

    Do they have anything vegetarian on the menu?

    Hi Mimi, I don't think they have veggie only options on menu but you might be able to get something like cheese enchiladas? Definitely not oriented toward vegetarian. Hope that helps.

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    3.4
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    Consistently good food and good service. Just like most places, no everything is 5 stars but the…read morePork Green Chili and the Beef Red Colorado Chili and for sure 5 star and the Mole is easily 4.5! The best reasonable priced Mexican Food we've had in Colorado. 10x better than anything within 10 miles of here (yes we've tried many of them).

    I was hesitant to check this place out due to the numerous negative reviews. But, both my partner…read moreand I really wanted Mexican food, and we were in the Erie area, so we decided to check it out anyway, and hoped the reviews were wrong... At least on this day, at this time. Chad and I got to the restaurant around 1:15 PM yesterday. There weren't many people at the establishment, maybe one other party inside and one outside. We were greeted fairly quickly and were seated by a lovely woman. She was very helpful and answered all of our questions about the menu, and was quick to give recommendations. We started with chips and salsa, and I ordered a Skinny Margarita. Yes, it's a little out of the ordinary to charge for chips and salsa, but I thought both were amazing. The salsa was fresh and really tasty (and tasted nothing like ketchup, which I despise). I've had a lot of horrible salsas; this was not horrible at all, and neither were the chips, crunchy and delicious, imo. The skinny margarita, which was $14, was huge and actually worth the cost. The lovely waitress gave me the Happy Hour cost of the margarita ($10) since we were paying right about when HH started (2 PM). Chad noticed that they had a Cheese Crispi (or just Cheese Crisp as we AZ folks like to call it), but we were pretty hungry and really just wanted meals. I got the Vegetarian Burrito and asked that it be smothered with the sour cream cheese sauce that I saw on another vegetarian dish, the Chimichanga de Hongos. I'm sure I put on a few pounds from that sauce alone, and it was 100% worth it! The entire dish was SO GOOD! Chad got the Expresso Burrito and couldn't even finish the whole thing, not for want of trying, though. I don't know if we had the good luck to come at a good/slow time, and that's why we had such a wonderful experience, but I almost felt like I was at a totally different restaurant than the one being reviewed here. When we are in the area again, Chad and I will definitely be visiting Fuego Azteca again and trying out the Cheese Crispi and the Deep Fried Ice Cream!

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    Azteca burrito es muy bien, 'B+' grade
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    Birdhouse

    Birdhouse

    4.5
    (339 reviews)
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    Just wanted to share another great experience at Birdhouse, still one of our faves! My daughter and…read moreher fiancé wanted comfort food last night, so we went to Birdhouse and, like always, left totally satisfied. We got the Birdhouse Flight to start--guac, five-cheese queso, and their birdhouse salsa (a tasty, mild tomatillo). Seriously, it's the best way to start your meal. For dinner, we all had ramen. I went for the Hellfire with extra bok choy. This ramen is no joke. If you want something spicy, this is it. The chili sauce, flakes, and oil really bring the heat. The kids got the Tonkotsu, which was amazing as usual--great broth and super tender meat. I had my spicy ramen with a Juicy Bits from WeldWerks, perfect combo. Seriously, it's some of the best ramen and service around North Denver. Whether it's for a special day or just a chilly night. Birdhouse is always good. I totally recommend it!

    As a big ramen fan, Birdhouse was a pleasant surprise for me. I've had ramen at practically all the…read morewell known spot in Denver, from Katsu Ramen to Ramen Star (RIP) to Tokio. So it was shocking that I found such a good bowl out here in Erie. I got the Hellfire Ramen, a tonkotsu-based ramen served with their house spicy sauce, chili oil, pork shoulder, and a soft boiled egg. The broth was rich and flavorful, the spice level was perfect (quiet hot but still maintaining a good balance of flavors), and the pork shoulder was tender but still has a bit of nice toothsomeness. Overall, this was an excellent bowl of ramen comparable to any of the top spots in Denver. The only slight downside is that the broth was just a tough too salty for my liking, and I would've preferred a soy marinated egg over a soft boiled egg. They have other ramen here was well, such as a chicken-based shio ramen, a regular tonkotsu, and a Thai curry ramen. I definitely would return to try the other ramen. If the other items on this menu is as tasty, I wouldn't hesitate to give them 5 stars.

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    Teocalli Cocina

    Teocalli Cocina

    4.2
    (420 reviews)
    1.4 mi
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    Great flavors (esp. salsas), great value - especially during happy hour - and tons of variety on…read moretheir menu. Super busy place, though, definitely make a reservation if it's the weekend, even if you're early.

    This is a really cute little Mexican spot down in the downtown area, but be prepared because…read moreseating is very limited. If you go on a Thursday, Friday, or Saturday, expect a wait. Ours was about 45 minutes. They ended up seating us at a shared high-top table with another couple, which honestly wasn't a big deal. For appetizers, I ordered the shishito peppers with this orange marmalade-style dipping sauce, and WOW -- those were phenomenal. The peppers were fried perfectly with just the right crispiness and a little salt, and that sweet orange sauce paired with them so well. Definitely one of the best things we ordered. My friends also got queso, salsa, and ceviche. The ceviche was fresh and delicious, but the salsa was way too hot for me personally. I took one bite and couldn't handle another. For my entrée, I ordered the carne asada, and unfortunately it just was not what I expected. Instead of the thinner, flavorful steak I'm used to, it was a thick chunk of meat that was really chewy, fatty, and honestly lacked flavor. It just didn't work for me at all. The rice and beans were decent though, so no complaints there. The service was okay, but our server definitely seemed overwhelmed or maybe just uninterested. We often didn't see her for long stretches of time, so when she did come by, we had multiple things to ask for. It kind of felt like we were a burden anytime we needed something, which put a little damper on the experience. Overall, I'd probably give this place a 6/10. There were definitely some highlights, especially the appetizers and the atmosphere, and I'd still be willing to go back and try something different because I don't want one disappointing entrée to completely ruin the place for me.

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    Casa Cortés Mexican Restaurant

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    4.3
    (106 reviews)
    10.1 mi

    Our daughter just moved to this area and we wanted to take her & our other daughter out to a nice…read moreplace for lunch. We saw this restaurant had good reviews so decided to give it a try. When looking at the menu, the prices were outrageous, but thought the food must be really good! The restaurant doors were locked when we arrived around 11:30, even though their website said they opened at 10:00. I like to support local restaurants but this one was horribly disappointing! We were the only customers in the restaurant and service was extremely slow. There was only one employee we saw, the one who unlocked the door for us and turned out to be our waitress. She was polite, but very slow in getting our drink order, food order, and ticket. I could have understood understaffing, but as mentioned, we were the only customers in the place. When our food came, I was almost embarrassed for our waitress. The food hardly filled our plates. I ordered a chicken dish where the chicken breast had been split in half. It was tough and hard to cut and and chew. It was maybe the size of a small burger, very small and about 1/4 of an inch thick! According to the menu description, it was supposed to be marinated. It tasted like the "marinade" was ketchup mixed with a little Tabasco. Other plates were very skimpy on food. Burritos and enchiladas were small and almost almost laid flat on the plates. I guess I could deal with it better if the cost was about ¼ of the price we paid. No drinks for 4 totaled, with tip, around $80.00!! Will never go to this place again! I typically don't do reviews but this experience was completely "over the top" bad in all areas. We all left feeling cheated, and hungry! Don't waste your money here!

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